Konigsberg on the Baltic sea
___.
A. Germany
B. Russia
C. Sweden
D. France
5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A. they were at war B. the couldn’t find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away
3. Purpose: It was made not to be a _g_if_t_, but for the Palace of_F_r_e_d_e_r_ic_k__I.
4. Results: It was _se_n_t_/_g_iv_e_n_ to Russian people after Frederick William I succeeded his father and became the king of Prussia; soon it became part of the Czar’s winter palace; it was one of the great w__o_n_d_e_r_s of the world; in 1941,
Paragraph 1: The Amber Room and its_d__e_s_ig_n__
Paragraph 2-3: __th_e__h_i_s_t_o_r_y of the Amber Room
Paragraph 4: __t_h_e__m__is_s_i_n_g_ of the Amber Room
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
4.CatherineⅡ
years
1716 1770 1941 2003
Prussia
places
Russia
winter palace in St Petersburg
summer palace outside St Petersburg
Germany
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2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he did not like it. D. he wanted to make friends with Peter the Great.
Paragraph 5: __t_h_e__r_e_b_u_i_ld_i_n_g_of the Amber Room
Exercises
1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was___. A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine II
3. The Amber Room was stolen by___.
A. Russian soldiers
B. German soldiers
C. People in Konigsberg
D. People in St Petersburg
4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in
Read the text quickly, trying to get the main idea about the text.
It tells us the strange history of
the_A__m_b__e_r __R_o_o__m__, a cultural relic
of two countries: G__e_r_m__a_n_y_ and _R__u_s_s_i_a_.
Read the passage quickly and find out characters , years ,and places in the passage. ( clues 线索）(3 m.)
characters
1
places3源自years21.FrederickⅠ
3.Peter the Great
Read the passage again and complete the following exercise
The Amber Room
1. Time spent: A tteeaamm of artists spent ___ yteenars making it.
2. Material: several tons of _a_m_b__er_ were used for making it, with _g_o_l_d and _j_e_w_e_l_s .
Unit One Cultural relics
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
In Search of the Amber Room
When you see this title, what do you want to know? • What is the Amber Room? • Why was it called the Amber Room? • What was it made for? • What happened to it? • Why to search for it?
it was _s_to_l_e_n by the Nazis. Now a new Amber Room _h_a_s_b_e_e_n_b__u_il_t in Russia and it _lo_o_k_s_m__u_c_h__li_k_e_ the old one, f_o_l_lo_w__in_g_ the old photos.